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What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing With a Priest Like This? Biography, Jewish Studies, and Gentile Subjects
Get PDFThe author writes about her doctoral thesis, a biography of French Revolution-era Catholic priest Henir Gregoire. She discusses some of the advantages of the biographical approach to history, as well as some of the advantages to studying certain non-Jewish figures in order better to understand Jewish history.Sepinwall, Alyssa “What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing With a Priest Like This? Biography, Jewish Studies, and Gentile Subjects,” in AJS Perspectives (Spring 2007): 30 – 32.1529-642
Portfolio: Ungrading, A Path Forward/The Importance Of Metadata And Oral History
Get PDFThis portfolio is composed of three essays. The first essay is a reflective essay expanding upon an oral history internship I completed with the CSUSM Library Special Collections Department. This paid internship provided an introductory experience conducting two oral history interviews, creating a transcript, and creating metadata for the interview. This essay expands on the importance of oral histories, metadata, and accessibility in the archives. The second essay focuses on the concept of Ungrading. Many professors are looking for different ways of teaching and assessing students that puts learning back at the center of education. Ungrading is one possible solution to the problems that students and teachers face. The final essay is a reflection on my time in the Master of History program. During this time, I have found confidence, stronger skills in drafting, and a deeper love of storytelling. This portfolio expresses two major components of the historical field that I received the most experience in while a graduate student and summarizes the new skills I now have moving forward with these experiences
Portfolio: Anime + Nintendo: Japan's Two-Front Cultural Invasion of the United States
Get PDFMy portfolio project contains three papers. The first two share a similar historical theme of Japan's invasion of American popular culture. In the first paper, American Anime: How Japanese Anime Influenced American Cartoons, I argue that American anime has existed in the U.S. since the mid 1990s. Throughout the paper, I showcase how various American animators have been influenced by Japanese anime in their own creations. In the second paper, Super Mario and The Japanese Invasion, I assert that Nintendo's successful invasion of America's video game market and mainstream culture occurred because of Shigeru Miyamoto's unplanned introduction of different iterations of his Mario character to the American market over time since the release of his first video game Donkey Kong (1981) and his Super Mario series. Throughout the essay, I present how Nintendo of America utilized competitive advertising strategies, such as the bundling of Super Mario games with its consoles, to bring about Mario mania in the U.S. and dominate the American video game industry. The final paper, is a reflection on my time in the History Graduate program at CSUSM. In the paper, I discuss how through the many graduate level courses I took, I had acquired historical skills: how to be concise with my research papers, how to create digital history projects, and how to express nuanced arguments
America's Pastime and the Sunbelt Migration: The Politics of Major League Baseball, Civic Improvement, and Urban Renewal
Get PDFThroughout the 1960s professional baseball experienced a geographic growth into new regions. The first franchise to pioneer this exodus to the West Coast was the famed Dodgers franchise. Upon their arrival, the Dodgers were welcomed to Los Angeles with land to build their new home, Dodger Stadium, in a region known as Chavez Ravine. Chavez Ravine was a community primarily inhabited by Mexican American families. Scholars have frequently examined the process that led to the removal of these families. Instead of focusing on the Dodgers relocation, this project focuses on the precedent that was set by Los Angeles in their acquisition of the Dodgers. This example illustrated that cities could utilize urban renewal practices to target their minority communities. Under the promise of urban renewal these communities would be torn down and rebuilt. This thesis highlights a trend that followed in the construction of Atlanta Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta and Candlestick Park in San Francisco
Bringing Democracy to Haiti? How White and Black American Newspapers Reacted to the U.S. Occupation of Haiti between 1915 and 1920
Get PDFThis thesis examines how Black and mainstream white U.S. newspapers between 1915 and 1920 responded to the U.S. Occupation of Haiti (1915-1934) and installation of puppet-president Phillipe Sudré Dartiguenave. While there is some scholarship on the Occupation, few historians have used newspapers to study how Americans reacted to it. Moreover, no one has compared white and Black newspapers, nor concentrated on how papers portrayed the puppet-president. An examination of these news articles reveals shifts in American perceptions of Haiti, democracy, race-relations, and U.S. foreign policy. For the first several years, information printed in the press gave a false impression that Haitians were benefitting from U.S. Occupation. I have found evidence to suggest that the Wilson administration was dictating this narrative to popular national papers like the New York Times to cover up the fact that the U.S. was not in Haiti to facilitate democracy and uplift the Haitian people as stated, but rather to imperialize it. While some Black papers immediately challenged the U.S. government's rhetoric, others supported it. However, in 1920 NAACP field secretary James Weldon Johnson revealed evidence of multiple U.S. abuses in Haiti, which would significantly impact public opinions on the U.S. and the Occupation. Other factors that contributed to shifts in American press coverage of Haiti during this period were WWI, changes in Black intellectual thought, the revival of the KKK, and the 1920 U.S. Presidential Election. Understanding how American newspapers reported on the Occupation allows us to examine this important moment from a new angle
The Invisible Empire v. the Inland Empire: Southern California Activists Fight the Ku Klux Klan, 1977-1981
Get PDFThroughout the 1970s and early 1980s, the Ku Klux Klan attempted a national resurgence across the United States to create a new image. The Klan aimed to seem different from its predecessors partly by changing its rhetoric. This thesis shows that Californian progressive activist groups from the Inland Empire fought against the California Klan's rhetoric between 1977 and 1981, deceiving to the public. Many scholars have focused on the 1920s and Civil Rights era when studying the California Klan, but very little scholarship has focused on this time period or the Klan in California. I show that progressive activist groups such as the International Committee Against Racism, the Progressive Labor Party, and Revolutionary Socialist League fought to expose the deceitful language of the Klan and its leaders through pamphlets, marches, and speeches. Many of these activists were comprised of working-class people of color. This thesis draws on sources from James Richardson, a reporter from Riverside's Enterprise Press who investigated the Southern California Klan between the 1970s and 1980s as well as newspaper coverage of the clashes between the Klan and progressive groups. This thesis concludes by shedding light on the impact that these progressive activist groups had against the Klan during its attempted national resurgence in this era
BLACK DOG - WHITE DOG: Understanding the Intersection of Race and Dog Ownership In the Black Community from Enslavement to Jim Crow
No full textFamed Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes posed the question "What on Earth has race got to do with dogs?" This thesis argues that the answer, simply put, is everything. Despite numerous books published on the relationship between Americans and their dogs, few studies have focused on the complex kinds of relationships African Americans have had with dogs. Conventional wisdom, amongst both Black and white Americans, has insisted that Black people fear or do not like dogs, in contrast to most white people. Certainly, historians and sociologists have noted that African Americans have often been fearful of dogs, based upon white supremacists using dogs as weapons against Black bodies during enslavement, Jim Crow, and afterwards. Still, while this thesis acknowledges the negative associations that many African Americans have with dogs, it highlights an alternate history: one in which owning and caring for dogs has served as an act of resistance for African Americans. Using Black and white newspapers, magazine articles, oral histories, and personal memoirs this thesis examines histories of positive relationships with dogs by African Americans from the 1800s up to the 1960s
Portfolio: Warriors of Equality: The Harlem Hellfighters' Bravery on the Battlefield and Creators of European Jazz/ Double V Campaign And The Impact On The U.S. Military
Get PDFMy Portfolio project is divided into three parts. The first section, presents a historiography on the Harlem Hellfighters, discussing the changes in perception of the unit from its military achievements to its role in shaping European music culture. The paper concludes that the Harlem Hellfighters were essential not just on the battlefield but off the battlefield, influencing social changes in Europe. The second section, "Double V Campaign and the Impact of the Black Press on the U.S. Military," discusses the origin of the Double V Campaign, its aim to promote the message about Black excellence achieved in the military, and opening the door for African Americans to enter various branches of the US military. The paper concludes that the Double V Campaign allowed African Americans entering military service to demonstrate through their actions on the battlefield that they were just as capable as their white counterparts. With support from the Black Press, they sought to demonstrate to white America that all individuals are equal in the face of great evil. The last section is a reflective essay of my overall experience in the Master's program. I reflect on what I have learned and experienced about academic writing and research within the program
Nice Jewish Girls Fight Back: Lilith and Ms. Magazines' Responses to Antisemitism in the Battle for Body Autonomy and LGBTQ+ Rights, 1972-1989
Get PDFThis thesis is a comparative study of the Jewish feminist magazine, Lilith, and the secular feminist magazine, Ms., from 1972 to 1989 and their responses to antisemitism. Although the two magazines operated in different feminist spheres, feminists from both publications collaborated in several areas. While scholars have examined the magazines' significance to the Jewish feminist movement separate from one another, comparisons of Lilith and Ms.'s contents have been an unexplored topic. This thesis examines the magazines' coverage of two second wave issues, body autonomy and LGBTQ+ rights, and how antisemitism intersected with these topics. I argue that, while the magazines had some common ideas and concerns, Lilith's coverage of the intersections of antisemitism and its repercussions on the fight for bodily autonomy and LGBTQ+ rights was more extensive than that of Ms. Lilith and Ms. responded similarly to antisemitic rhetoric utilized by the antiabortion movement whose campaign was an amalgamation of antisemitism, racism, and misogyny. In contrast, the magazines differed on their reporting on LGBTQ+ rights. Finally, the topics of body autonomy and Jewish identity intersected in Lilith's exploration of JAP-baiting on college campuses. Lilith's coverage of antisemitic incidents illuminated how antisemitic and misogynistic tropes led to harassment and assertions of control over Jewish women and their bodies
Rock en Español and Borderlands Theory: Exploring Relations between the United States and Latin America
Get PDFMy portfolio contains three papers. The first paper explores the rock en español movement from the 1960s to 1980s when roqueros in various Latin American countries used rock to speak against right-wing governments and imperial intervention; the paper discusses Cuba's connection to the movement and unique position. I argue that Cuba's version of this movement is nueva trova and is a case study for the uniqueness of the rock en español movement in countries that had right-wing governments. The second paper is a synthetic work that discusses the change in scholarly discussions in the Frontier and Borderlands studies in the United States. Additionally, I argue the need for the social sciences (History, Anthropology, Political Science, etc.) to engage in cross-disciplinary discussions about the borderlands on a global scale through agreed upon definitions and theory application. Finally, my last paper is a reflective paper discussing my time in the CSUSM History Master's program, the skills I have learned, and how I see myself using these skills and knowledge in the future
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